Something I heard about on slashdot years ago, but started using just yesterday:
http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/ Only does apache, but if your service can spoof apache style logs you're done. (I know that doesn't help much with your final project though - but you can use it for ideas nonetheless) Paul On 02/08/2012 02:29 PM, Daniel C. wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm taking a class on data visualization. For my final project I plan > to write a piece of software that will create a visualization of > network traffic. Ideally, this will be something that's genuinely > useful to network admins. To get started, I've got a few questions: > > - What problems do you have that a visualization tool could help > solve? Are they fairly concrete (i.e. "I need to monitor all traffic > to port X on machines Y-AF") or something more... heuristic (for lack > of a better word), such as keeping an eye on overall traffic trends > and using your experience in looking at the pretty pictures to spot > when something unusual is happening? > > - What do you need to see in order to solve the problem(s)? Are we > talking all traffic to everything, or only packets that meet certain > criteria to a single machine? > > - What workflows are currently in place to tackle the problems that > could be improved by having access to a visualization tool? > > Thank you all in advance! Anything I put together will be released > free and open source. Hopefully it will also be useful. > > -Dan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
